An urban policy framework for culture-oriented economic development: Lessons from the Netherlands

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 668-690

  Russo, Antonio P ^a   Van Der Borg, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

creative clusters; cultural economy; regeneration; urban development; urban policy

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ECONOMY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; POLICY MAKING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78650592870     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.5.668     Document Type: Article

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